A Study of Middle School Band Students’ Instrument Choices

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 28-39

  Fortney, Patrick M ^a   Boyle, J David ^a   Decarbo, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 84872915951     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3345477     Document Type: Article

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